Two Part Webinar: Discovery and Online Search

Webinar

About This Two-Part Webinar

We all know that automated personal assistants can find you the closest gas station or sushi spot. But can that same technology be programmed to find the best ten articles for a student’s assignment? The capability is unclear, as is the advisability of the task. But what is clear is that voice-driven technology as well as arbitrary algorithms are changing the ways in which users may be driving or directed in their information tasks. Taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, and similar tools have been used for decades in delivering effective online search. But now, with Alexa and Siri potentially being in the room, shouldn’t libraries and vendors be talking about what’s operating under the hood?

Event Sessions

Speaker

Additional Information

Cancellations made by Wednesday, June 5, 2019 will receive a refund, less a $35 cancellation. After that date, there are no refunds.

Registrants will receive detailed instructions about accessing the webinar via e-mail the Friday prior to the event. (Anyone registering between Monday and the close of registration will receive the message shortly after the registration is received, within normal business hours.) Due to the widespread use of spam blockers, filters, out of office messages, etc., it is your responsibility to contact the NISO office if you do not receive login instructions before the start of the webinar.

If you have not received your Login Instruction e-mail by 10 a.m. (ET) on the day before the webinar, please contact the NISO office at nisohq@niso.org for immediate assistance.

The NISO registration model assumes one computer in use per site (one registration = one computer in use for a group). You may have an unlimited number of staff from your institution/organization view the live broadcast from that connection. Those unable to listen in to the live broadcast will be able to listen to the archived recording included in the cost of your registration. Please contact NISO (nisohq@niso.org) if you have a particular need for additional access to the live broadcast at your institution.

If you are registering someone else from your organization, either use that person's e-mail address when registering or contact nisohq@niso.org to provide alternate contact information.

Speaker presentation slides and Q&A will be posted to this event webpage following the live webinar.

Registrants will receive an e-mail message containing access information to the archived webinar recording within 48 hours after the event. This recording access is only to be used by the registrant's organization.

For Online Events

You will need a computer for the presentation and Q&A.

Audio is available through the computer (broadcast) and by telephone. We recommend you have a set-up for telephone audio as back-up even if you plan to use the broadcast audio as the voice over Internet isn't always 100% reliable.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your system is properly set up before each webinar begins.

Event Dates

June 12, 2019 01:00pm
–
June 19, 2019 02:30pm

Registration

Fees

Save! Register for both parts of this two-part webinar and save 25% (NOTE: Library Standards Alliance Members of NISO automatically receive sign-on credentials for both halves of this two-part event as a member benefit. There is no need to register separately. Check your institutional membership status here.)